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against the united states. it was the first trial in which an accused defendant appealed to a higher law to justify violent crimes. it was a trial that involved more than just a determination of an individuals guilt or innocence, according to laws laid down in statute books and in case reports. it was a trial that pitted two starkly different moral visions against each other. one of these visions defended the institution of chattel slavery as traditional, necessary, just and worthy of protection from outside interference. particularly, from the outside interference of northern abolitionists, like john brown. the other condemned slavery as an affront to human rights, a violation of god's law, and an embarrassment to a nation that claim to be founded on the self-evident truth that all men are created equal. and the quest of the truck, brown did not argue that he was innocent of violating the laws of virginia. laws that prohibited murder. and in citing slaves to rebellion and committing treason against the commonw
against the united states. it was the first trial in which an accused defendant appealed to a higher law to justify violent crimes. it was a trial that involved more than just a determination of an individuals guilt or innocence, according to laws laid down in statute books and in case reports. it was a trial that pitted two starkly different moral visions against each other. one of these visions defended the institution of chattel slavery as traditional, necessary, just and worthy of...
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there is always the united states postal service. i don't know where they get the service from, but nevertheless. it may be a good thing to have less government and less effective government. we may be very fortunate we don't get all the government will pay for. >> can i answer the gentleman's question? there have been studies on this. a good book to read would be thomas patterson's "the vanishing voter" where he interviewed something like 90,000 voters. there is a correlation. first you see a correlation in interest in the election itself a new look at the that turned out for ross perot compared to the other debates that didn't have a third party. and that is one of the things that people site. conveniences'. i can't get to the polls. but it is one of the factors, there is not the range of choice. there are a number of studies that have been done on this. there probably should be more. i am going to defend this service here and say that i think it would be fair, more fair to say that there are things that are ineffectively regulated
there is always the united states postal service. i don't know where they get the service from, but nevertheless. it may be a good thing to have less government and less effective government. we may be very fortunate we don't get all the government will pay for. >> can i answer the gentleman's question? there have been studies on this. a good book to read would be thomas patterson's "the vanishing voter" where he interviewed something like 90,000 voters. there is a correlation....
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you don't go to a town hall meeting with the president of the united states with a gun. you don't. you don't. you don't shout down a senator or congressman because that is disrespectful. [applause] hold on. but you do go their with legitimate questions and you think about the language that you are going to use. i will give you an example on health care. there is a chapter on what americans really want. if you are in the medical profession it is in here about what we want on health care. that is a simple question. can you really create a trillion dollar government program, brand new, and actually make it deficit neutral? how many of you believe regardless of where you stand on health care issue, how many believe this trillion dollar government program for health care will be deficit neutral? raise your hands. one? one individual -- two. and there are a lot of obama people but only two think it is deficit neutral. if they lie to you about that, what else are they not telling us? instead of making a statement you ask it in terms of a question, you use the rhetorical. this is how i gre
you don't go to a town hall meeting with the president of the united states with a gun. you don't. you don't. you don't shout down a senator or congressman because that is disrespectful. [applause] hold on. but you do go their with legitimate questions and you think about the language that you are going to use. i will give you an example on health care. there is a chapter on what americans really want. if you are in the medical profession it is in here about what we want on health care. that is...
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that includes the big three grain producers, china, india and the united states. one of the most dramatic water stories that is the unfolding in the world is in saudi arabia. after the arab oil export embargo in the 1970's the saudis realize they would be vulnerable to a counter grain export environments because they were importing much of their grain so they began to figure out what to do. using their oil drilling-- they found an offer, and not cofer where there is not naturally recharge so they started pumping it and they had a support rhee for price about the market level and for more than 20 years they have been self-sufficient in wheat production, but last year they announce that the aquifer was largely depleted and they would be reducing their grain harvest 518 each year until by 2016 it would be out of the grain production business entirely and dependent on importers to feed what will then be a population of 30 million people. what is interesting about this is not so much the effect on the world grain balanced because the saudi wheat harvest was under half
that includes the big three grain producers, china, india and the united states. one of the most dramatic water stories that is the unfolding in the world is in saudi arabia. after the arab oil export embargo in the 1970's the saudis realize they would be vulnerable to a counter grain export environments because they were importing much of their grain so they began to figure out what to do. using their oil drilling-- they found an offer, and not cofer where there is not naturally recharge so...
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three big revolutions are happening in the united states today. first, we've got a new demography and that revolution is a racial revolution. when the real majority was in full swing, nine out of ten voters in this country where whites. in 2004, that was 77% of the electorate which is one of the reasons i tell my friend mark shields watch that number, it's declining. and of course it declined even more in 2008 to 74%. partly because we have the first african-american run for president in barack obama. but that number was going to decline any way. why? because by 2042, whites are going to be a minority throughout the united states. by 2042, the census bureau a few years ago estimated 2050. they revamped that estimation out to 2042 and as a parent of a 20-year-old i think about what country she is living in. and i see it's already in the schools that she does do. because in our schools, she is a minority, being white. what's going on? immigration is going on. we have more foreign-born living in the state of california today than there are people in
three big revolutions are happening in the united states today. first, we've got a new demography and that revolution is a racial revolution. when the real majority was in full swing, nine out of ten voters in this country where whites. in 2004, that was 77% of the electorate which is one of the reasons i tell my friend mark shields watch that number, it's declining. and of course it declined even more in 2008 to 74%. partly because we have the first african-american run for president in barack...
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and in that wave, not one has chosen to adopt the united states system. and we should ask why. because it doesn't provide the same kind of representation. i do believe we should have proportional representation and if we don't get there yet, choice of maximizing system or a combination thereof because how many people saw the front page of "the new york times" article on wednesday, october 7? they talk about new york city had a runoff election, in a city of 8 million people, almost nobody showed up to vote. 3 million registered democrats and you had some districts were actually nobody, nobody came to vote. we can do better than this, and
and in that wave, not one has chosen to adopt the united states system. and we should ask why. because it doesn't provide the same kind of representation. i do believe we should have proportional representation and if we don't get there yet, choice of maximizing system or a combination thereof because how many people saw the front page of "the new york times" article on wednesday, october 7? they talk about new york city had a runoff election, in a city of 8 million people, almost...
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and in that wave, not one has chosen to adopt the united states system. and we should ask why. because it doesn't provide the same kind of representation. i do believe we should have proportional representation and if we don't get there yet, joyce maximizing voting systems or in combination thereof it has him up for example, how many saw the front page of "the new york times" article wednesday october 7 when attacked about the runoff election in a city of 8 million people almost nobody showed up to vote. 3 million registered democrats and some districts are actually nobody, nobody came to vote. we can do better than this. and so maybe -- and i would start with the constitution because i believe we shouldn't start looking at things like electoral college, which are acronyms that now and i think those might be fighting words here, and i'm happy to engage now. and how we want to improve our system. our system was great maybe for the 18 centuries, but we are now the 21st century and we have kinds of systems devised that can be applied that can do things that can make the electoral
and in that wave, not one has chosen to adopt the united states system. and we should ask why. because it doesn't provide the same kind of representation. i do believe we should have proportional representation and if we don't get there yet, joyce maximizing voting systems or in combination thereof it has him up for example, how many saw the front page of "the new york times" article wednesday october 7 when attacked about the runoff election in a city of 8 million people almost...
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secretary of state, secretary of war, and finally, to term president of the united states, the fifth president. as governor of virginia he became the second most powerful figure in america. virginia then was america's largest, wealthiest and heavily populated state with 20% of the american population. it stretched all the way to the mississippi river and all the way north to the great lakes. it was enormous and the prestige and its importance of the governor was akin to the governors of california, illinois, new york and texas put together. and monroe was not only governor of america's most important state, he was a national hero in the revolutionary war. in other words he was a giant in his day and i don't understand why historians ignore him which is why i wrote this book to restore him to his rightful place in american history as the most important president in the early days of the nation. now some historians elevate john adams to historical prominence and most historians deify thomas jefferson and james madison and these were three great founding fathers and great political phil
secretary of state, secretary of war, and finally, to term president of the united states, the fifth president. as governor of virginia he became the second most powerful figure in america. virginia then was america's largest, wealthiest and heavily populated state with 20% of the american population. it stretched all the way to the mississippi river and all the way north to the great lakes. it was enormous and the prestige and its importance of the governor was akin to the governors of...
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we all grew up under the math that anybody can run and the president of the united states. this is the national lore but if you try to be any one and not the party favorite of one of the two major parties, quote to you. it is nearly impossible to run an effective presidential campaign outside of the two-party system. that is because we have systemic barriers even if you have a supremely qualified candidate and have popular support, we have systemic barriers that made it difficult to compete and there is no level playing field. win jim bennett writes the system is rigged and nobody cares i know of what he speaks. ballot access. actually let's start with the regulatory system. you have not had the pleasure of reading the code of federal regulations i suggest that you do so as on person i interviewed at the federal election commission explained, it is like asking a lawyer and i said i can figure this out. he said no. it is like asking a general practitioner doctor to perform brain surgery and you have to learn all of this while you do your other job. it is extremely difficult
we all grew up under the math that anybody can run and the president of the united states. this is the national lore but if you try to be any one and not the party favorite of one of the two major parties, quote to you. it is nearly impossible to run an effective presidential campaign outside of the two-party system. that is because we have systemic barriers even if you have a supremely qualified candidate and have popular support, we have systemic barriers that made it difficult to compete and...
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you don't go to a townhall meeting with the president of the united states with a gun. you don't, you don't, you don't. and you don't shut down a senator or congressman because that's just a speck full. [applause] hold on. but you do go there with legitimate questions. anything about the language that you're going to use. and i'm going to give an example is a way to close on health care because there is a chapter on what americans really want. during the medical profession. it's in here about what we want on health care. you ask a simple question. can you really create a trillion dollar government program, brand-new, and actually make it deficit neutral. how many of you really believe regardless of where you stand on the health care issue, how many of you believe that this trillion dollar government program for health care will be deficit neutral? raise your hands. one? one individual, to people. there is a lot of obama people. but my question is, if they lie to you about that, what else are they not telling us? instead of making a statement, you ask it in terms of a qu
you don't go to a townhall meeting with the president of the united states with a gun. you don't, you don't, you don't. and you don't shut down a senator or congressman because that's just a speck full. [applause] hold on. but you do go there with legitimate questions. anything about the language that you're going to use. and i'm going to give an example is a way to close on health care because there is a chapter on what americans really want. during the medical profession. it's in here about...
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states. i don't think that's what the founding fathers had in mind in terms of citizens being able to run for office. public financing allows a small start candidacy people who are running independent, small parties to have at least a little bit of contribution in order to be able to get to the point where they can compete and have their candidacy in front of the american voter. ralph nader is one of the only candidates in the last three elections who's qualified as a minor party or third-party independent as for public financing matching funds in the primary. first of all as jam pointed out the statute is written so that you're not going to get as a minor party independent general election financing nellis you already proved in the past election you can garner 5% of the vote so that is absolutely no use in the current election if you are a minor party or independent. but it does allow -- what it does allow and what was critical in both the 2000 and the 2004 and 2008 campaign which i did not
states. i don't think that's what the founding fathers had in mind in terms of citizens being able to run for office. public financing allows a small start candidacy people who are running independent, small parties to have at least a little bit of contribution in order to be able to get to the point where they can compete and have their candidacy in front of the american voter. ralph nader is one of the only candidates in the last three elections who's qualified as a minor party or third-party...
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, early 19th century united states. they were stunned at how much america are celebrating, working for profit. he said frenchmen are concerned with making money but they don't brag about it. it would be distasteful. it is too gross. but americans actually looks at officials, mayors of towns and he said this is just unique in the world. they celebrate the celebration of work made slaveholding in the south more and more anomalous. slavery was widely condemned, but it did not die in the united states. indeed, it flourished not only in the south but only in the south. and dies in the north. it spread across the southern half of the country, and as it did it disappeared in the north, became more deeply entrenched in the south, in the southern state. in a variety of ways, socially, culturally and politically, the south began to see itself as a beleaguered minority in the bustling nation. and that's an expert mary cheney because at the time of the revolution, you have to understand, virginia was the big dog. it was constitute
, early 19th century united states. they were stunned at how much america are celebrating, working for profit. he said frenchmen are concerned with making money but they don't brag about it. it would be distasteful. it is too gross. but americans actually looks at officials, mayors of towns and he said this is just unique in the world. they celebrate the celebration of work made slaveholding in the south more and more anomalous. slavery was widely condemned, but it did not die in the united...
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they're outside the antitrust law of of the united states of america. the democratic bill will repeal this unfair antitrust exemption, bring real competition to this industry for the first time since the 1940's. the republicans don't want to touch that with a 100-foot pole or maybe a $10,000 contribution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? . mr. olson: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. olson: the pelosi health care bill would have a significant impact on the texas economy and existing physician-owned hospitals and a quality of health care in my home state of texas. texas leads the nation with 50 physician-owned hospitals, but under this bill these hospitals would be prohibited from adding beds or otherwise increasing capacity and medicare payments to any doctor-owned hospitals would be prohibited. according to a january, 2009 study by health economic study group, physician-owned hospitals employ over 22,000 texans and
they're outside the antitrust law of of the united states of america. the democratic bill will repeal this unfair antitrust exemption, bring real competition to this industry for the first time since the 1940's. the republicans don't want to touch that with a 100-foot pole or maybe a $10,000 contribution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? . mr. olson: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the...